Famous Quotes & Sayings

There have been so many small victories I've been able to do because I have kids actually in school. I bring a perspective on the board that's needed and welcomed.

The reason we wanted to incorporate a secure chat room and a bulletin board is to create a safe site where the teens can talk to each other.

Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.

John Travolta

When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the character. How well that character ultimately comes off depends on a lot of things: your relationship with the director and so on. But at first, you're on board because you think you can do something with it.

Mike Smith

We run out of customers before we run out of snow. When the weather warms up in Auckland and Wellington, people are thinking of boats and beaches, not skiing.

We rode a solid race, but we still have a lot of improvements to make. One is to build upon strokes and pick up a lot more speed - move the boat faster during the middle of the race.

Marcus Thomas

We're trying to build a team right now, and we have a couple of people on the boat but not everybody. Once we've got everybody it's going to be something special.

We're told the feasibility study will be completed in February, so we wanted the board to hear from those who want the school to stay open.

We knew she was good. We didn't know she was that good. She was very, very aggressive. She crashed the boards very well. We didn't do a very good job rebounding.

We kept saying how important it was for us to get the boards and get good looks. I think we did a great job on that.

We thought it would make better understanding for those people (the board members) could represent.

We thought for sure Reynolds' board would fight this to remain independent, ... Frankly I didn't think this merger would take place. I'm just stunned.

Bruce Bowen

We thought about the way we played them last time at home, because when you get smacked at home, you don't like that. You go back to the drawing board and figure out what you can do to turn it around.

We think we need a new school even without annexation. And our board is thinking about presenting that (to the BMA) in about a month.

We think the court decision is a significant step to restore stability to the rail industry, ... Mainly we just wanted the board to revisit the way mergers are reviewed. We welcome that decision as a breather.

Why have one if you don't go by what they want? If a committee comes up with a name and the board changes it because a couple of people said they don't like it, it defeats the purpose of having a committee.

Craig Foster

This time of year, corporate use of jets tapers off because there aren't board meetings or conventions. You get a mix of very wealthy individuals - people who owned a bunch of companies or however they get to be super-rich. If you have the money and time is an issue, there's no other way to get there.

To say, 'don't have it', that's censorship. That's what is being done. That is what is being said by the control board letter and by the sheriff.

We just have to let the parole board do their job as they see fit.

We had a board meeting today and came up with a shortlist from more than 20 applications. Over the next two or three days we will pick somebody and we hope to have them in place for the game on Saturday.

We are somewhat surprised to see Guidant's board support Johnson & Johnson's offer. Recall that this is the same company that thought Guidant was only worth $63 a few weeks ago. Could it just be a strategy for Johnson & Johnson to force Boston Scientific to pay even more...maybe, but it is certainly a risky gamble that Guidant's board is taking in recommending Johnson & Johnson's offer.

This will put the value within the tolerance the State Board of Equalization will accept.

To think you have to get to the pension board meetings early, it just goes to show what a circus the city has become.

To the extent Florida can pass some kind of deregulation - and I know the word isn't politically correct - you'll see board rooms look up and take notice.

We came out and dominated the boards and took it at them.

With a good wind these boats can fly. You can't sink them; they're practically indestructible.

C. C. H. Pounder

With acting, I started very young, and I'd performed for a lot of children in boarding schools, late at night after the dormitory lights were out. I'd have a flashlight, and I'd be Count Dracula, or Shakespeare, or Yogi Bear, and leap from bunk to bunk. I loved the laughter; I liked the way it made people feel.

I am honored to serve on the Board of Visitors for Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Being the first board member from Latin America, I hope to provide insight into the economical, social and political issues facing the region, and continue to grow and strengthen this prestigious institution.

Russell Coutts

We were sailing the boat faster and faster as the week went along. Boat speed is always the key and we were able to come back in a bunch of races. We were real deep today and worked our way through the fleet.

We were really surprised. We were prepared to have the board terminate him, and we were quite relieved and surprised that they didn't.

Jim Boeheim

We were not in either game. The first time we battled them on the boards remarkably. The second time they dominated us.

Arun Sarin

We (Vodafone board members) are united in the view that we need to stay in Japan,

We were writing lineups up on a board in December and we had only seven players.